On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 90 Cutting leeks

After roasting for half an hour, everyone's stomachs began to sing.

Boss Xiao and Escort Song made an agreement that after they went back to eat some hot soup to cushion their bellies, they would remove three more door panels to lift the seriously injured escort.

So, a group of people, led by Boss Xiao, came to the farmhouse they had visited.

He climbed in through the half-height wall with familiarity, opened the door latch like a master and let them carry Erlang in.

There were many people and footsteps outside, and the family of three inside the house were almost crying.

The man trembled and taught his son: "Now you know why I don't dare to resist? Even if I beat one person, I can't beat a group of people."

His mother-in-law quickly advised: "Yes, don't all opera singers say that if you endure the storm for a while, the waves will disappear, and if you step back, the river will recede."

"We can't afford to offend those people, let's let them go?"

When the man heard his wife's words, he bit his lip and clenched his fists.

In fact, he didn't want to be a coward. He also wanted to rush out and fight them. Even if he died, he had to use them as support.

But he was afraid that if he died, his mother-in-law and son's life would be even more difficult.

He was also afraid that he would be beaten to death by them and would spend extra money on medical treatment, which would make his already poor family even worse.

They have no way out and no way to ask for help.

Living is frustrating and difficult, but looking at his thin son and his virtuous mother-in-law, he still wants to work hard to live.

He took a deep breath, touched his son's head, and said in a low voice, "Son, daddy will send you to a private school. You have to study hard so that you can be successful in the future."

It would be best if he could become an official, but he also knew that it would be too difficult.

But if my son can learn a few more words, when he grows up, he won't have to work hard in the fields like me in order to survive.

If you can read, you can work as a clerk, accountant, or scribe. Those days will be much better than now.

Xiaoyong still doesn't understand his father's expectations, but he also knows that going to a private school costs three to four taels of silver every year.

He nodded happily: "Dad, I will read it carefully."

Just in case, the man urged his mother-in-law and son to hide under the bed, although they both knew in their hearts that if they really wanted to silence them, they would search carefully, and hiding under the bed was not safe at all.

But the mother-in-law understood that he wanted to protect herself and her son, and she didn't want to make him more agitated, so she cooperated and hid under the bed with her son.

The man wiped his face, hoping that the sky would light up soon.

He thought they would run away as soon as daylight came.

He was also worried that they would go digging in the woodshed, because he buried a small jar containing thirty-five taels of silver under the woodshed.

Originally, the plan was to renovate the house and build two more tile-roofed houses, but now the plan is just to raise the courtyard wall and send his son to a private school for a few years.

At this time, the knock on the door rang again, and the familiar voice of the man before: "It's me, open the door quickly."

The man wanted to cry. He didn't know the gangster at all, right?

Why come again?

They are definitely treating themselves like leeks, picking them one after another. Why don't they give themselves some time to slow down?

But he didn't dare not open the door.

But when I think about so many people outside, if I don't open the door, the door will be broken, and my family will suffer even greater losses.

So he swallowed his anger and went to open the door.

Boss Xiao gave him a tael of silver in great pain, and said angrily: "I'll give you a tael of silver and let me borrow your shabby kitchen."

It's not that he is generous, but that Jiang Yu, a prodigal, actually asked Hou Er to give this family two taels of silver.

Boss Xiao used the excuse of his good relationship with this family to send money.

Of course, he exchanged his two taels of silver for one tael and said with a smile, "Is it enough to buy four or five of your chickens?"

The man thought to himself: There are only three hens and one rooster at home. If they were sold, they would only cost about 700 cash at most.

Now he doubted that they were not gangsters.

But he doesn't look like a good person. The man nodded numbly. Looking at his fierce look, he didn't dare to refuse?

Boss Xiao asked again: "Where is the doctor?"

The man was eager for them to leave: "There is a medical center with doctors only in Weishan Town, which is twenty miles away."

In order to prevent him from asking the doctor to come over, he quickly added: "We are from a remote country, and the doctor is not willing to come."

After Boss Xiao asked for the direction and route, he said to him: "Okay, it's still a long time until dawn. You guys should sleep a little longer. I won't come back to disturb you."

Among the clothes taken away, men's clothes were the least, and there were also clothes for women and children. Boss Xiao knew that he could not be the only one in the family.

But just because he asked his wife and children to hide, he was still barely a man, so he told him to calm down and not be scared like a quail.

Man: Do you still want me to thank you for being so polite?

Boss Xiao quickly went to the kitchen.

Now everyone crowded into the kitchen, started to light a fire, and dug out grains to wash rice for cooking.

After Mrs. Xiao sneezed, she immediately urged her daughter-in-law: "Have you found any ginger? Hurry up and make some ginger tea to ward off the cold."

Wu held a piece of ginger that was no bigger than her palm: "Just such a piece is definitely not enough to make a pot."

Jiang Yu took down the hay pinned to the window and said, "It's okay. Boiling mugwort in water can also ward off the cold."

Boss Xiao directed his younger brother: "The money has been given to me. Second brother, you go to the chicken coop and catch five chickens and kill them!"

Wu, Xiao Xiu and others have already begun to get busy.

One pot is used to boil mugwort water, and another pot is used to boil brown rice and sweet potato porridge.

It's not that they want to save money for this family, but the only thing in their jar is brown rice, pickles, sweet potatoes and so on.

They are also clever women who cannot make a meal without rice.

Jiang Yu also saw the cattail hanging on the wall and said happily: "This has a good effect on stopping bleeding. Let's borrow it for a while."

Taking advantage of the fact that it was bright and warm now, Jiang Yu bandaged Xiao Erlang again.

The wormwood water here has just been boiled, and Xiao Laoer and the others are urging for hot water to pluck the chicken feathers.

The kitchen is busy.

After more than half an hour, everyone had hot brown rice and sweet potato porridge.

Xiao Laoer was more sincere and asked: "Brother, when are we going to meet escort leader Song and the others?"

Boss Xiao smelled the aroma of stewed chicken and said absently: "I'll stay here to take care of the place. You can take Da Lang Hou Er to dismantle the gate, and then dismantle the kitchen door. Add in the door panel that Erlang used earlier, and it will be enough." .”

He was sleepy, tired, and hungry for meat, so he didn't want to go for another trip.

Since the second brother is thinking about Song Biaotou and the others, let's just let him take them there.

The advantage of Song Biaotou and the others' coming is that they can appear to be powerful in numbers, and they don't have to worry about people in the village uniting.

The disadvantage is that they will steal the food.

When he thought about the arrival of Song Biaotou and the others, these four chickens would definitely not be enough for them, so he wished he could eat chicken now.

It's a pity that domestic chicken needs to be cooked for a while before it can be chewed.

　Thank you for your encouragement (*￣3)(ε￣*)

　　To be honest, I think the ordinary people in this chapter who don’t even have names are very close to the current situation of our family.

　　There is no need to shout and kill because of this noise.

　　But the presence of noise is very disturbing.

　　The community, environment and other departments also came and then withdrew, unable to solve the problem.

　　What you can do is sell the house at a low price, and you can only hide if you can't afford it.

　　But when they bargained for 100,000 yuan, I wanted to cry, ε=(ο｀*))) Oh

　　(End of this chapter)